Building construction.



PATENTED JUNE 30, 1908.

110.892.145. .1 J. T. TERRES.

.BUILDING CONSTRUCTION.

' APPLICATION FILED SEP,T.16,1905.r

i has been employe( and lathing, 1t has been made of the same I .l`:corrugatedpaper board of a width greater point towards the outer edgeof an' adjacent dead air spa'ce, which is resent in the body .ofIndiana, have invented certain new' and serving merely' as 'a lining,'with lthe resu t Apassati?l vof air from one side of the board to theot .cordin to my invention, I overcome these bearing against a studdingand also preferablyfa -ainst the sheathing and alwaysgtend- 'one fromthe other under all varying lcondiv tions of weather' and of shrinkagein. the j: wood of -which the .building is composed or in the Jfacingstrips of such board.

JEFFREY T. FEREEs, OF ANDERSON, rNDIANA,

ASSIGNR TO J. W. SEFTON MANUFACTURING COMPANY, oF ANDERSON, iNniANA, AGORPORATION"OF INDIANA.

BUILDING COSTRUCTION.

Specification of Letters Patent..

Patented June 30, 1908.

Application med september 15, 1905. serial No. 278,615.

To all whom it concern: I

Be it known that I, JEFFREY T. FEEREs, a l citizen of the United States,residing at Anderson, in the county of -Madison and Stateusefullmprovements in Building Construction, of which Ithe following isaspecification.

'My invention has relation to building construction, more particularlyframe ouse construction, in which it is required or desired toemploysuitable means, such. as pa/per or paper board for roviding deadair spaces etween the sheat ing and lathing.

,The 'object of my invention is to'provide a suitable board of suchconstruction and ar' rangement as -t`o form such air s aces betweenthelathing and sheathing an to effectually seal one from the other, and tomaintain such conditions notwithstanding changes in temperature. i

Heretofore,'when aper board, for instance, Fbetween the sheathing widthas the distance between the studdinff,

that even though such board was originally fitted tightly, it would intimeipermit 'the er and such condition would result, of

course, from changes intemperature. Ac'- dilicu ties by providing aboard, such as a than the distance between the studding, so that whensuchlboard is in placeit assumes a curved form' 'with' one perpendicularedge mgl to oep the 'joint closed at this point, the ot er perpendicularedge being secured at a studding, by which means each'space .betweenadjacent studding, divided 1nto two separate dead air'space`s,fis closedone from the other bythe paper board and kept sealed the paper betweenthe studding. i Moreover, by the employment of corrugated paper board, Iam enabled to providean additional of Ithe paper board itse f, inasmuchas the same, being a corrugated board, has a series of longitudinal airspaces formed between ln the drawing Figure l is a side elevation of aortion of a wall exhibiting my paper boar in place between the studding,Fig. 2 a horizontal section of such wall and Fig. 3

sections representing modifications of` my invention.

As herein shown, the wall comprises essentially the 'studding A,sheathing B and the to the sheathing by tacks 1l, althou h the exactmeans for and place of attac ment'v herein shown are not essential. Theother erpendicular edge of the paper board is kept 1n place within thespace between 'the studding in suitable manner, as byineans ofthe tacksor buttons c, which are driven through the edge of the aper and intotheisides of the'studding `adjacent such'board thereby. holding suchedge in place. It will be understood after this description that owingto the greater width of the board as compared with the width or distancebetween the studding, such board must necessarily assume a curved formwith its edges bearing with some ressure against the sides of itsadjacent stud ing, with the result that the air space between twoadjacent studding is divided into two dead air spaces E and F,which areeffectually sealed rone from the other under all conditions' and at alltemperatures, it being evident`tl1atupon any expansion or contraction ofthe parts of the wall or of the board, the latter will maintain thesealing action. Moreover, as hereinbefore suggested, the corrugated,board itself forms dead air spaces separate from the, s )aces E and F.

The strips of'paper boar( may be made oi any desired length, b ut'whenthe ordinary commercial lengths are employed, which are of courselessthan the height of the wall, a plurality of such strips maybeemployed and the same may be overlapped, an up er strip overlap ing alower strip, viewed liiom the inside 0 the building, as illustrated inFig. 1.

The. construction or arrangement of the paper board as above describedis theV preferable one but if desired such board may partake of otherforms and may be arranged or secured between vthe studding. in otherways." Forinstance in Fig. 3 I have representedetwo of'suchmodifications, thele'ft lhand board G is bent atits ,perpendicular edgesto form the flanges g which are fastened 'by means of tacks to inneradjacent facesl of ,the studding as clearly illustrated -in said ligure..The right hand board H is curved throughout its width with. itsperpendicular I edges secured to the studding towards the 'assingdiagonally through such perpendicu--. ar edges of the board and into thestudrling,

outer edges thereof by means of the tacks h substantiallyv as described.

2. In. building construction, the combination, with the studding of abuilding, of

` a single sheet of paper board arranged to span the space betweenadjacent studs in curved form; substantially as described.-

3. In building construction,' the' Icom# bination, with the studding ofa building, of )aper board arranged ',to span the spaces om stud to studin curved form, both perpendicular edges-of the paperboard being iiXedstationarily in the space between the' studs and adapted to kee the airspace onv the op osite sides'of the oard sealed substantia ly asdescribed.

Y 4. In building construction, thecom*l bination, with the studding of abuilding, of

apenboard arranged to span the spaces om stud to stud in curved forni,one perpendicular edge of the paper board being,

xed stationarilyin the s'pacebetween the studs and the opposite edgebearing against the side of its adJacent stud, and means cooperatingwith said last named edge of .the

pa er board to hold the latter to the su stantially as described; 2.

' 5. In building construction, the cornbination, With the studding of abuilding, of aperboard arranged to span the spaces om stud to stud incurved form, one per-y stud;

pendicularedge of the; paper board being.' secured to. suchsheathingadjacent one stud` and the opposite edge bearing against thenext Vadjacent stu-d; substantially as described. j 'v 6. In building,construction, v the comv""loination, with studding or the like and withthe sheathing thereof, of paper board arranged to span the spacesbetween adjacent'` studsin curved form, one perpendicular edge of thepaper board being: secured to such sheathingl adjacent one stud, and theopposite edge bearing againstthenext adjacent stud, and tacks forsecuring the other perpendicular eldge 'of the board to the ast namedstud; substantially as described.

.- 7. In building construction, the coni-V bination, with the studding.ofI the building,

of a series of paper board overlapping each .l

other and arranged perpendicularly to span the spaces in curved formfrom stud to stud between such studding, said boards being of a greaterwidth than the distance between the studding and crowded into place insuch curved. form; substantially as described.

l8.' In buildin construction, theA combination, with t e studding, ofr astripof corrugated paper board arranged .perendicularly to span thespaces in curved orm from stud to stud betweenthe studding, bothperpendicular edges of the board being anchored between the asdescribed.

JEFFREY T. FERRES.

Witnesses:

D. H. DURBIN,

ELLA SMi'rH.

studding; substantially'

